It's always interesting to me when an actor becomes a director. Whether it's a master like Clint Eastwood or someone switching their own genre paradigms like Jordan Peele, there's something truly intriguing in seeing how the skill set of being in front of the camera transfers to duties behind it. What will their visual style … Continue reading Started from the Bottom – Monkey Man
One of the cooler side effects of the last decade of Oscar viewing is in how short films are getting much more attention and praise. I first saw the shorts 10 years ago. I don't know if ShortsTV had done any curated screenings before that, but even if they did, what I saw back in … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2024 – Live Action Short
A couple years ago I got to briefly meet director David Lowery at a Q&A following his film, The Old Man & the Gun. As much as I enjoyed the film, I was captivated by Lowery's reverence for Robert Redford as an actor, and for the Western film genre that he was both deconstructing and … Continue reading It’s Not Easy Being Gawain – The Green Knight
For the purposes of legal protection, I will say upfront that I can't prove that the 90+ members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association are bribed for their votes at the Golden Globes. It is merely an opinion, mostly presented tongue-in-cheek, based on the history of truly baffling nominations and awards that repeatedly smack of … Continue reading Here’s Some Money, Please Validate Me! – 78th Golden Globe Nominees Announced
Ever since the submissions for the Oscar for Animated Feature were announced last month, the scramble has been on to see as many of these films as possible. The more commercial fare is easy, but there are a good deal of independent and foreign films in the mix as well, very few of which will … Continue reading Back Row Thoughts: Toontown, Part 1
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